For 2014, D.C. players resolve to …

Resolutions range from significant policy efforts to spending more time with family. | AP Photos

POLS

Sen. Lamar Alexander vowed to “help elect a Republican majority leader who will allow the Senate to function so that senators can better represent the people who elected us.” But it’s not all about partisan politics. On a personal note, the Tennessee Republican added he wants to “play the piano more” and “encourage the propagation of more grandchildren.”

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Sen. Tom Harkin wants to “raise the minimum wage and get his early education bill, the Strong Start for America’s Children Act, passed into law.”

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz says, “In my view, to combat the paralysis caused by tea party Republican intransigence, we need to elect Democrats up and down the ballot and ensure Democrats hold the Senate and take back the House. As we head into an election year, it is within the power of each and every voter to end the gridlock that has plagued our legislative process.” Such sentiments aren’t a surprise from the head of the Democratic National Committee. But despite Wasserman Schultz’s frustration with the tea party, the Florida lawmaker also says, “In 2014, let’s resolve to end obstructionism and push for a more constructive dialogue with each other. … Let’s talk to one another and try to find common ground, even when it seems difficult. The single most important way that we can all resolve to do better in 2014 is to vote — and vote for candidates who are willing to work together, put aside ‘my-way-or-the-highway’ attitudes and get things done.”

Sen. Mike Enzi, the Wyoming Republican who’s facing a primary from Liz Cheney, has what he calls “sort of a permanent resolution” each year and its message is simple, “Do what is right, to do his best and treat others as they wish to be treated.”

ACTIVISTS/LOBBYISTS/MISC.

Lobbyist and commentator Lanny Davis says his 2014 goal is “to convince my fellow liberal Democrats that it is ‘liberal’ to NOT ask our children and grandchildren to pay for our credit card spending — and thus, ‘liberal’ to balance the annual federal budget AND substantially pay down the national debt.”

On the other side of the aisle, Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus said he plans to “finish revolutionizing the ground and tech operations of the Republican Party” and “continue holding the Obama administration accountable for Obamacare and create the steps needed to repeal it.”

Americans for Tax Reform’s Grover Norquist wants to “develop a six-minute comedy routine, as Pauly Shore has invited me to perform in 2014 at the L.A. Comedy Store.” (And, of course, he adds: “Cut taxes.”) Heritage Foundation President Jim DeMint just wants you to buy his forthcoming book, saying he wants to “show everyone how to fall in love with America again (the whole story to be released on March 4, 2014).”

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said, “In 2014 I’d like to see us achieve citizenship for 11 million immigrants, unemployment insurance extended, minimum wage raised, and I’d like to lose 15 lbs.” (He’s already lost 30.)

Donald Trump promises to “help the Country and its people do well … and to create lots and lots of jobs.”

Of course, the more you go through the cycle of New Year’s resolutions, the more futile you come to believe them to be. Take Larry King:

“Once you reach the age of 80, you know you just aren’t going to change. My resolution is to reach 2014!”